S.Amdt. 6256

SA 6256. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 632. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY WORKING CAPITAL FUND.

(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Defense Commissary Agency Working Capital Fund for fiscal year 2023 $550,000,000 in order to--

(1) combat food insecurity among members of the Armed Forces;

(2) address the impact of inflation on costs of food in commissaries; and

(3) eliminate the requirement to offset operational costs through higher grocery prices for commissary patrons.

(b) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Defense Commissary Agency Working Capital Fund.